A recycling center has 100 kilograms of shredded plastic yogurt containers. What volume is needed to hold this amount of shredded plastic? How many 10-liter (10,000 ml.) containers do they need to hold all of this plastic? Hint 1m^3 = 1,000,000
2007-09-30 14:25:20 · 2 answers · asked by Fruitsickle 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The density of most plastics used for containers is almost the same as that of water. 100kg of water occupies 100,000 cubic centimeters or milliliters. If the plastic were compacted so that no air spaces were present, you would be able to get it into ten 10-liter containers, give or take one. However, this is probably impractical, so I would guess you would need between 12 and 15 such containers in a practical situation.
2007-09-30 14:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by TitoBob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the density of the yogurt? Can't find volume if density is not given.
2007-09-30 21:31:36 · answer #2 · answered by tancy2411 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋